i love this video & find it timely in my own life. while i do not subscribe to the media or magazines to define my self worth, stacking myself up beside a hollywood-mannequin. i do have things however that if i glance them in the mirror i think gee that wasn't there before i had kids/when i graduated high school/back in the day. it doesnt get me down, my body is just a thing, a vehicle from point a to point b, it serves me well and hasnt ever let me down in the clutch. all the same i wear sunscreen, paint my toe nails, suck in my poochy stomach in a bathing suit, and get a wee embarrassed by my unfinished tattoos. the latter of which i could remedy i suppose but the others, they are just part of my fabric and i shrug them off pretty well. watching it i realize i do not dance enough, don't know my parents at their depths (though im trying), i do not take great risks. i do however find great wisdom in the above video and i hope you do too.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
everybody's free to wear sunscreen
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Oh yee silly sister still in her twenties... just wait till that "vehicle" starts needing maintenance! Lots of oil changes and tune-ups. And You have a great attitude on this stuff though. Lets hope your 'Olive-bug' doesn't feed into the disturbing hype of body image when she gets older. Girls are sick with this stuff. Wait...Bubby stop talking now because he recognizes dangerous territory for a male to be commenting on... :) No punch bubby in the face, ok!?
Josh
Jenny, thank you for posting this video! It's always nice to be reminded of these universal truths. Each time I see this, somehow it becomes even MORE meaningful...
-Carissa
josh - it took me a few weeks to wrap my mind around having a girl, raising a girl with olive. i wasnt afraid of her, i was afraid FOR her. stuff like this is so prevalent that i fear all of it breaking her down. tis a great responsibility raising girls into strong women. boys into strong men too of course.
have you read the book "From Diapers to Dating"??? It really helped me to formalize how I wanted to talk to my young daughters about body image and sexuality in our consumer driven societal ideal around girls and women. Hope it helps!! ERIN
haha! wow i had totally forgotten about that 'song' until you posted it. it immediately transported me back to when we still had a year of high school left and.... well.... how different our priorities must have been then.
thanks!
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